. >>> tonight the first official lawsuit has been filed against former penn state coach jerry sandusky. he alleges that he was molested over 100 times by sandusky as a child. >>> and the baseline killer has been sentenced to death. >>> and hillary clinton made an precedented visit to myanmar. >>> to help kick off the holiday season with the 74-year-old norway spruce with 36,000 lights topped with a crystal star. a happy holiday. >>> are you willing to fight as hard for middle class families as you do for those who are most fortunate? what's it going to be? that's the choice in front of congress. what does it say about our priorities when we'd rather protect a few really well-to-do people than fight for the jobs of teachers and fire fighters? what does it say -- >> welcome back to "hardball." today president obama visited scranton, pennsylvania, to make his case for an extension of the payroll tax holiday. it's no coincidence, however, the president chose scranton. it's a town considered by many to be ground zero for the kind of blue collar white voters obama will need to win in that cr